Garment hanger



Au@ M9 3.993.. F. TRAUB LWW@ GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 2, 1935 ltomeyPatented Aug. 14, 1934I 1,970,478 GARMENT HANGER.

Frank mob, Lakewood, N. J. v Appuootion augen 2, 1933, sonal No. 683,368

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in garment hangers, particularly toimprovements in wire garment hangers, and an important object of theinvention is to provide a standard form of 5 wire garment hanger, thetrousers supporting bar of which is rendered rigid, shorter, andotherwise better qualified for securely supporting trousers thereon andpreventing the same from sliding from side to side as the garment hangeris moved or carried.

Another important object of my invention is to provide by a simple meanswhich do not greatly add to the cost thereof, a wire hanger ofreinforced and strengthened character and construction which preventsthe bouncing of the trousers hanger bar when the hanger is 'carriedabout or removed, thereby preventing throwing or shifting of thetrousers .from a proper position upon .the bar, which usually takesplace owing to the great and undesired flexibility of this portion ofwire hangers now in use.

It is also an important object oi my invention to increase the rigidityof the hanger bars oi wire l hangers of this type without increasingtheir bulk and size, and without utilizing a material of greaterrigidity.

Other'objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from areading of the following description in connection with the drawing,wherein for purposes of illustration I have shown a preferred embodimentof the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a general side elevational view of I. the embodiment of theinvention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure l.

Referring in detail to the drawing wherein like numerals refer to likeparts throughout the same, the numeral 5 generally refers to theembodiment .which is preferably composed voi' a single length of wire,though it may be constructed of as many as three lengths of wire. ThoughI do notrequire that the wire usedin constructing the embodiment of theinvention be increased in size .o r inherent rigidity, I definitelyincrease the rigid- 46 ity thereof by the engagement and arrangement ofthe various portions and parts thereof in the' following manner.

In constructing the embodiment from a single piece of wire any wellknown manufacturing pro- 5o cedure may be followed so as to produce ahook 6 of well known form, the shank portion '7 of which is twisted withthe free end 8 of one of the shoulder bars 9. The shank 7 and theportion 8 of the shoulder bar 9 are mutually twisted upon and` with eachother as indicated, then they are separated as indicated at 10 wherethey lead downwardly to generally horizontal portions 11 and 12 whichare quite short. The shoulder bar 9 extends downwardly at an angle fromthe outer end of the portion 11, while the shoulder bar 13 ex- 60 tendsin a similar manner downwardly at an angle from the outer end of theportion l2.

' The trousers hanging bar is indicated by the numeral 14. Instead ofbeing continuous from the shoulder bars 9, 13 in the usual manner of 66forming hangers of this type; I twistfupon each other the end portionsof the trousers hanger bar and of the shoulder bars in twistedformations directed downwardly below the hanger bar as indicated at 15and 16. 70

This involves a simple and cheap twisting operation which does not add.appreciably to the cost or diillculty of manufacturing the hangers. Bythis means the hanger bar 14 is elevated above the usual positionoccupied thereby with respect to the hook 6, the length of the hangerbar ld is shortened so as to leave less space on either side of thetrousers when placed thereon, so as to restrictv the trousers againstsliding indiscriminately from one side of the bar to the other andcreasing or folding and falling off.

By the twisting of the ends df the hanger bar ld upon the ends of theshoulder bars 9, i3 in the manner shown and described, an unexpectedrigidity of the hanger bar le results which is sum- $5 cient to preventbouncing and exing of the trouser bar under ordinary handling conditionsso that trousers disposed thereon will not be thrown or displacedtherefrom while the hangers are being carried'about or otherwisehandled, the 90 foreshortened feature of the hanger bar alsocontributing to maintaining the trousers in the desired conditionthereon.

The raising of the hanger bar le also permits the' hangingV of completesuits in a smaller vertical space than heretofore.

Though I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of theinvention, it is to be denitely understood that I do not desire to limitthe application of the invention thereto, and any change or changes maybe made in material and structure and arrangement of parts, within thespirit of the invention and the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A garment hanger of the type described comprising a single wireforming a trouser hanger bar, shoulder bars proceeding' from the ends ofthe hanger bar, a hook formation at the juncture A lil@ zontal trouserssupporting bar having portions beyond its ends downwardly directed, andsecond portions beyind the rst mentioned portion upwardly directed, saidfirst and second portions being twisted upon each other, inwardly andupwardly directed shoulder bars proceeding from said second portions,and a hook formation join- A ing the free ends of said shoulder bars. l

FRANK TRAUB.

